PROGRAM STRUCTURE:

Title	No. of Courses	Credits
Required GED Courses	9	26 Credits
Optional GED Courses	3	9 Credits
Core Courses	19	57 Credits
Open Elective Courses	9	27 Credits
Guided Research/Internship	1	3 Credits
Total	41	122 Credits

LIST OF COURSES

REQUIRED GED COURSES (26 Credits)

Code	& Title	Credit	Prerequisite
BUS 1102	Introduction to Business	3
CST 1206	Computer Applications	3	None
ECO 1303	Mathematics for Business and Economics I	3	None
ECO 1334	Statistics for Business and Economics I	3	ECO 1303
BUS 2112	Business Communications	3	ENG 1013
ENG 1011	English I	3
ENG 1013	English II	3	ENG 1011
BDS 1201	History of the Emergence of Bangladesh	2
ECO 3360	Socioeconomic Profiles of Bangladesh	3	ECO 2314, ECO 2315

OPTIONAL GED COURSES (9 CREDITS)

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ACN 1205	Financial Accounting I	3	None
ACN 1309	Financial Accounting II	3	ACN 1205
BNG 1102	Bangla Language & Literature	3
MAT 1300	Basic Mathematics	3	None
ECN 3230	Economic Geography	3	ECO 1301
ENV 3227	Fundamentals of Natural Science	3	ECO 1303
ENV 2308	Ecological System and Environment	3	ENG 1013
FIN 2319	Principles of Finance	3	ECO 1334, ACN 1205
HRM 4357	Industrial Psychology	3	SOC 1105
ITR 2311	International Relations	3	ENG 1013
MGT 1307	Principles of Management	3	ENG 1013
MKT 2320	Introduction to Marketing	3	ECO 1301
PAM 1301	Introduction to Public Administration	3	ENG 1013
SOC 1105	Sociology and Psychology	3	ENG 1013
SOC 2306	Eastern Culture and Heritage	3	ENG 1013
MIS 2220	Fundamentals of Management Information Systems	3
URC 1101	Life Skills for Success	3	None
SOC 4301	Introduction to Anthropology	3
FLN 1101	Introduction to a Foreign Language (when offered, would require inclusion of the name of the specific language that is going to be taught.)	3
SWL 4101	Software Law	3
BHV 2101	Introduction to Behavioral Science	3
MKT 4313	Digital Marketing and Communications	3
MKT 4319	Selling & Sales Management	3
ACN 4351	Advanced Taxation	3
ACN 4350	Sustainability Accounting: Theory and Practice	3

ECONOMICS CORE COURSES (57 CREDITS)

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ECO 2303	Mathematics for Business and Economics II	3	ECO 1303
ECO 1301	Introduction to Microeconomics	3	None
ECO 1302	Introduction to Macroeconomics	3	ECO 1301
ECO 1374	Statistics for Business and Economics II	3	ECO 1334
ECO 2314	Intermediate Microeconomics I	3	ECO 1301
ECO 2315	Intermediate Macroeconomics I	3	ECO 1302
ECO 2365	Environmental Economics	3	ECO 2314ECO 1334
ECO 3301	Intermediate Microeconomics II	3	ECO 2303, ECO 2314
ECO 3302	Intermediate Macroeconomics II	3	ECO 2303, ECO 2315
ECO 3310	Money and Banking	3	ECO 2315
ECO 3311	Public Finance	3	ECO 2314
ECO 3326	International Trade	3	ECO 2314ECO 2315
ECO 3327	International Finance	3	ECO 2315
ECO 3350	Development Economics	3	ECO 2303, ECO 2314,ECO 2315
ECO 3361	Health Economics	3	ECO 2314
ECO 3370	Econometrics I	3	ECO 1374
ECO 3371	Econometrics II	3	ECO 3370
ECO 4350	Labor Economics	3	ECO 1301, ECO 1302
ECO 4390	Research Methodology	3	ECO 1374, ECO 3371

1. Open Elective Courses (27 Credits)
2. At least 12 credits must be ECO Courses
3. Courses in this category cannot be below 3000 levels
4. Students have to take 15 credits from Specialized Area for claiming major in that area.
5. Students can also complete 27 credits without a specialization area of study.

C1. GENERAL ECO COURSES

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ECO 3340	Economics and Psychology	3	ECO 2314, ECO 2315
ECO 3342	Economics of E-Commerce	3	ECO 2314
ECO 4155	Current Issues in Bangladeshi Economic Policy	3	ECO 2314, ECO 2315
ECO 4338	Globalization and Economic Policy	3	ECO 2315
ECO 4349	Economics of Information and Uncertainty	3	ECO 2314
ECO 4375	History of Economic Thought	3	ECO 1301, ECO 1302
ECO 4380	Urban Economics	3	ECO 1301, ECO 1302
ECO 4386	Energy Economics and Policy	3	ECO 3301
ECO 4351	Industrial Organization	3	ECO 2314
ECO 4392	Law and Economics	3	ECO 2314
ECO 4391	Welfare Economics	3	ECO 3301, ECO 3302
ECO 3329	International Economic Cooperation and Trade Negotiations	3	ECO 3326
ECO 4345	Poverty Alleviation and Microfinance	3	ECO 2314, ECO 3310, ECO 3350
ECO 4360	Managerial Economics	3	ECO 2314, ECO 2315

C2 (A) – SPECIALIZATION AREA 1:  QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ECO 3337	Real Analysis	3	ECO 2303
ECO 3339	Mathematical Statistics	3	ECO 3337
ECO 4123	Dynamic Optimization and Economic Applications	3	ECO 3302
ECO 4353	Game Theory and Applications	3	ECO 3301
ECO 3331	Economics of Cost Benefit Analysis	3	ECO 2314
ECO 4371	Time Series, Panel and Micro econometrics	3	ECO 3371
ECO 3330	Network Economics	3	ECO 2303, ECO 1374

C2 (B) -SPECIALIZATION AREA 2: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Code	Code & Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ECO 3349	Issues in International Economics	3	ECO 3326
ECO 3353	Economic Development in South Asia	3	ECO 1301, ECO 1302
ECO 4320	International Trade Theory	3	ECO 3326
ECO 4329	Trade Policy Analysis	3	ECO 2315, ECO 3326
ECO 4319	Economics of Financial Crisis	3	ECO 3327
ECO 4344	Advanced Topics in Development Economics	3	ECO 3350, ECO 3371
ECO 4348	Political Economy of Underdevelopment	3	ECO 3350

C2 (C)- SPECIALIZATION AREA 3: BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
FIN 3123	Managerial Finance	3	FIN 2319, ECO 1301, ACN 1205
FIN  4219	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	3	FIN 3123
FIN 3337	Principles of Banking and Insurance	3	ECO 1302
FIN 4321	Financial Markets and Institutions	3
IBS 3121	International Business	3	ECO 1302
MGT 3224	Production and Operations Management	3	ECO 1303, ECO 1334
MGT 3341	Project Management	3	MGT 3224
MGT 3229	Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Development	3	ECO 1302, MGT 1307
MKT 4102	Services Marketing	3
MKT 4309	Global Marketing	3

C2 (D) -SPECIALIZATION AREA 4: RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ECO 4386	Energy Economics and Policy	3	ECO 3301
ECO 3335	Natural Resource Economics	3	ECO 2314
ECO 4387	Applied Econometrics	3	ECO 3371
ECO 3383	Economic Valuation of the Environment and Policy Analysis	3	ECO 2303, ECO 2365
ECO 4388	Economics of Climate Change	3	ECO 2365, ECO 3335

C2 (E) -SPECIALIZATION AREA 5: FINANCIAL ECONOMICS 

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ECO 3351	Financial Economics	3	ECO 2314, ECO 2315, FIN 2319
ECO 4379	Financial Econometrics	3	ECO 3371
FIN 4117	Corporate Finance	3	ECO 3301, ECO 1374, FIN 3123
ECO 4346	Behavioural Finance	3	ECO 3351
ECO 4356	Economics of Investment & Financial Management	3	ECO 3351,ECO 3327
ECO 4357	Financial Risk Analysis	3	ECO 3351, ECO 4349
FIN 4219	Security Analysis and Portfolio Management	3	ECO 2314, ECO 3327, FIN 3123
ECO 4358	Risk Modelling and Financial Trading Strategies	3	ECO 3351, ECO 4349
ECO 4359	Financial Institutions and Regulations	3	ECO 3351,ECO 3327

Guided Research/Internship (3 Credits)

Code	Title	Credit	Prerequisite
ECO 4394	Guided Research / Internship	3	All core courses

Description of Newly included courses

ACN 4351: Advanced Taxation, 3 credit hours

Course Description This course will help the students at disseminating knowledge on regulatory framework and accounting of tax under income tax laws in Bangladesh with an emphasis on income taxation for business entities (sole proprietorship business, partnership business and company). Moreover, this course also helps the students to understand various the rules of charging Value Added Tax (VAT), Gift tax and Custom Duty (CD) and determine the net VAT liability, Customs duty and taxable gift. From this course, students will have the knowledge about the various tax authorities and the penalties in case of violation of the prevailing tax act.

MIS 2220: Fundamentals of Management Information Systems, 3 credit hours

In a competitive business scenario, every firm must implement various information system applications in all areas of business such as accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, production and operations management, etc. to make better decisions and thrive in the business environment. In this course, students will get familiarized with the basic theories as well as technical elements of managing information systems (MIS). The course is aimed at providing basics of MIS, like need assessment, process design, data management strategy, as well as orienting students with basics of analytical programming tools. Students will develop an understanding of how companies strategically use information systems employing fundamental tool boxes, as well as appreciating the efficiency provided by these tools. Overall, students will comprehend a strong basics of how MIS supports business activities that reinforce and integrate decision making processes across all functional areas in an organization.

MKT 4319: Selling & Sales Management, 3 Credit Hours

Course Description: The course provides an understanding of salesmanship focusing on personal selling as well as management of the sales process from the overall organizational perspective. It will include the management of sales teams and sales analysis for the purpose of feedback and corrective actions. Therefore, it will orient students with theoretical concepts and practical applications associated with the science and arts of selling– like generation and growth of demand based on insights and customers’ need assessment, navigating buyers’ decision-making process, understanding consumer market and business buyers, creating relationship, goodwill and reputation of the selling organizations in order to achieve organizational objectives.

ACN 4350/ AIS 4350: Sustainability Accounting: Theory & Practice, 3 Credit Hours

Course Description The content of this course is designed to provide the students a deep understanding to respond to new developments arising from research and practice and to cover emerging issues, including social and environmental issues as responsible business practice. This class is dealing with the impact on accounting of the emerging topic of sustainability. Sustainable development has been accepted as the goal of society as demonstrated in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to 2030. Sustainable development will require a major restructuring of almost all of our human activities including accounting. The accountancy profession will be faced with the challenge of accounting for sustainability. Professional accounting bodies, academics and practitioners alike are reviewing the implications of sustainability for business and accountancy. This class will deal with this emerging and highly relevant topic.

SOC 4301: Introduction to Anthropology

Scope and History of anthropology; Anthropology and Colonialism; Different branches of anthropology; Anthropology and other Disciplines; Theory and methods in anthropology; Core Concepts: Culture, Marriage and Family, Kinship, Descent and Social Structure; Economic Systems, Political Systems; Applying Anthropology: Applied Anthropology; Recent Trends in Anthropology: Changes and Direction; Research methods to study human behavior; Computational Methods in Anthropology.

FLN 1101: Introduction to a Foreign Language

Elementary proficiency in oral expression, listening comprehension, reading and writing in a foreign language; cultural understanding on topics related to daily activities and personal environment; basic grammatical knowledge and vocabulary for common use; ability to communicate in the most predictable and common situations using high-frequency words, expressions, and phrases.

SWL 4101: Software Law

Introduction: Why law is necessary, the laws relevant to software and its use, taking a global perspective. Intellectual property (IP) rights: intellectual-property law, copyright, patents, marks and brands; common and public goods. The issue of who owns software and digital content how that ownership can be protected using instruments like copyright and patents. Contracts: how contracts are used to formalize the relationship between purchasers and suppliers of software. Responsibilities to employees and the public: the laws that apply to information technology and software to ensure that organizations meet their responsibility of care towards employees, customers, and the general public.

BHV 2101: Introduction to Behavioral Science

Basic scientific theoretical perspectives, epistemological views and theories of the behavioral sciences; central concepts, theories, models and research results in the behavioral sciences; integration of educational, psychological, and sociological theories in the behavioral science field; diversity perspectives based on class, gender and ethnicity in relation to behavioral science theories; relevant search tools and critically review search results.

MKT 4313: Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing Essentials: The Digital Marketing Environment; The Digital Consumer; Content Marketing; Digital Marketing Tools and Channels: Social Media Marketing; Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality, Search Engine Optimization (SEO); Search Engine Marketing (SEM); Digital Marketing Strategy and Planning: Digital Marketing Strategy and Objectives; Digital Marketing Management: Integrating, Improving and Transforming Digital Marketing; Further issues in legal and social Sensitivity.